Interested in

Languages

PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation

2013: Orientierung. Die westliche Christenheit und das Heilige Land in der Antike ("Orientation. Western Christianity and the Holy Land in Antiquity")

Short CV/Education and training

1977

Born in (East) Berlin, Germany

1996 – 2003

Studied Protestant and Catholic theology in Berlin, Jerusalem and Rome

2003

First theological examination and Diplom degree

2003 – 2005

Research associate under the Chair of ancient ecclesiastical history (Prof. Dr. Martin Wallraff) at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

2005 – 2008

Graduate studies scholarship from the German Research Foundation (DFG) to the Research Training Group "Icons in Late Antiquity" at Friedrich Schiller University Jena

2008

Doctorate in ecclesiastical history at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena

2008 – 2010

Lecturer at the University of Göttingen, Germany

2010

Second theological examination

2011

Ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lower Saxony

2011 – 2013

Dorothea Schlözer research fellowship

2012

Appointed to the Junge Akademie (academy of young scientists)

2013

Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) in ecclesiastical history at the University of Göttingen

2014

Professor of the ancient history of Christianity and of interreligious encounters

Selected projects

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) research project: The dispute between Palamas and Akindynos over the divine energies. Critical edition, translation, and commentary on the most important works on the controversy